It was deployed at a Cambridge University computer lab, and its sole purpose was to monitor a particular coffee maker so that lab users could avoid wasted trips to an empty coffee pot.

它部署在剑桥大学的计算机实验室，其唯一目的是监视一个咖啡壶，使实验室用户可避免将时间浪费在一个空的咖啡壶上。

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He removes a coffee pot and sets it on top of the coffee maker.

他拿出一个咖啡壶，放在煮咖啡器上。

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At first I thought this was cool, until I watched the first pot and remembered how simple a coffee maker is: a heating coil and a pump.

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